Necktie-holder.



T. M. GUEST.

NECKIIE HOLDER; APPLICATION FILED AUG.4,1915.

1,234,659. Patented Jill 24, 1917.

ji/mzzwz Inventor b 1 y 7 a Witne sses Attorneys UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE M. GUEST, 0F SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

NECKTIE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 4, 1915. Serial No. 43,650.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE M. Gunsr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Necktie-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a holder for neckties, the same constituting more particularly a form on which the necktie can be arranged and which serves to hold the tie in proper position relative to a turnover collar.

A further object is to provide a holder of this character having yieldable parts where by the necktie, when tied thereon, will not have the stiff and crude appearance so often resulting from the use of forms.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the com bination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, with out departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of a tie and a holder combined therewith, the parts being shown in position on a collar a portion of which is broken away.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the holder.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof, a collar button being shown by dotted lines.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates an inverted button engaging loop the sides of which converge downwardly and merge into forwardly extending curved portions 2 provided at the lower ends of parallel arms 3. The upper ends of the arms 3 are provided with fingers 4 which cross and diverge upwardly, each finger preferably terminating in an eye 5. The two eyes are preferably connected by a cord 6 or the like. The fingers 4, arms 3 and loop 1 are all preferably formed of spring wire and the parts are so formed as to hold the cord or flexible connection 6 normally taut. It is to be understood that the fingers 4 not only diverge upwardly but are also curved backwardly to a, slight extent.

In using the holder one end portion of the tie is placed in front of the middle portion of the holder so as to hang downwardly from the flexible connection 6. The

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other end portion of the tie is then folded under and forwardly from one of the fin gers 4 and extended over the hanging end portion of the tie and over and back of the other finger 4 and is then brought upwardly over the connection 6 and downwardly through the transverse portion of the knot thus produced, thus completing a four-inhand tie. By providing the flexible con nection 6 it is possible to tighten the knot in the tie produced in the manner described andthe resultant effect will be devoid of the stiff and unsightly appearance which is usu ally obtained where the tie is placed upon a rigid form. After the tie has been placed on the form in the manner pointed out, the fingers 4 are pressed toward each other so as to cause the arms 3 to spread apart. While the device is held in an inverted position these arms are placed against the base of the button so that the head will enter between the arms. The entire attachment is then swung forwardly, upwardly and backwardly, thus to bring the head of the button into the loop 1 with the lower ends of the arms 3 in front of the button as shown in Fig. 3. The upper endsof fingers4 are then inserted between the folds of the collar C. Thus the device will be held securely in position, the button holding it against downward displacement, while the fingers 4 cooperate with the folds of the tie to prevent lateral displacement or tilting of the form.

The entire device is very simple, durable and efficient, can be cheaply made, and is advantageous not only because it becomes possibleto readily tie a scarf thereon, but also because the parts of the form will yield to give the natural effect produced when a tie is placed around the neck and tied in the usual manner.

Although a flexible connection 6 and eyes 5 have been shown in connection with the device, it is to be understood that these parts can be eliminated if desired.

What is claimed is A tie holder formed in a single length of spring wire and bent to form an inverted button engaging loop having its sides converging downwardly and merging into for Wardly curved portions from which extend upwardly projecting parallel arms, the distance between the arms being less than the distance between the sides of the loop, said arms merging at their upper ends into bowed fingers which are crossed at a single pointand which diverge upwardly from said point, the crossed fingers being movable freely relative to each other to shift the 10 arms apart from their normal positions to provide an enlarged space for the reception of the head of a button.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

THEODORE M. GUEST.

Witnesses:

BEATRICE J. GUEST, JENNIE B. Guns'r.

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Washington, D. G. 

